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Agricultural Government – 406110, 406141 Agriculture Leadership – 407500, 407541, 407510
5 credits Grade 12 10 Credits Grades(s) 11-12
Semester Course 1 Year Course
UC Requirement a School Sites BCHS, LHS
CSU Requirement Government Description: The purpose of this course is to develop
School Site(s) BCHS, THS professional and personal leadership skills as they
Description: The twelfth grade course of study focuses relate to the individual, agriculture, and the FFA.
on the structure and processes of the United States Students will be involved in personal growth through
Government System. Initial emphasis will be on the activities such as public speaking, team building, and
responsibilities and rights of citizenship, voting, the organization of various FFA Activities. In addition,
political parties, elections, campaigns, the Constitution, students will assist with the completion of FFA Award
the branches of government, and the Bill of Rights. Applications, video production, and two newsletters to
Additionally, the course will compare the political enhance student’s writing and computer skills. The
power at the local, state, national, and global levels. A curriculum will revolve around five central themes:
consistent focus throughout the course will be an Foundations, Attitude, Self-Image, Relationships, and
analysis of the role that both the government and the Goal Setting. Each student should participate in a
voters play in developing policies and laws affecting the minimum of 3 FFA sponsored activities per semester
Agriculture Industry. This course meets the state outside of class time. This may vary by site.
government graduation requirement.
Agriscience Systems Management – 407400, 407410,
Agricultural Mechanics 1 – 403041, 403000 407441
10 Credits Agriscience Systems Management Honors - 407412
1 Year Course Earn College 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
Grade(s) 9-12 Units 1 Year Course
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, THS UC Requirement d
Description: This course is on an introduction to the School Sites LHS
area of agricultural mechanics including basic drawing, Description: This integrated class combines an
woodworking, metal working, welding, small engines interdisciplinary approach to laboratory science and
and farm power. Emphasis is placed upon the safe and research with agricultural management principles.
proper use of power tools, and the proper care, Using skills and principles learned in the course,
sharpening and use of hand tools. This course prepares students design systems and experiments to solve
students for the more advanced skills necessary to be agricultural management issues currently facing the
successful in Advanced Agriculture Mechanics. Project industry. Additionally, students will connect the
work is part of the course. To earn 15 College units products created in this class with industry activities to
students must: link real world encounters and implement skills
 Take this course AND demanded by both colleges and careers. The course
culminates with an agriscience experimental research
 Take Intro Ag Mechanics, And project in which students design and conduct an
 Earn a Grade B or better in both courses
Please see pages 10 - 12. experiment to solve a relevant issue.

Agricultural Mechanics 3 - 403080 Agriculture Woodshop - 407141, 407100, 407110
10 Credits Grade(s) 10-12 10 Credits Grade(s) 9-12
1 Year Course 1 Year Course
School Sites
BCHS, THS
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, THS Description Agriculture Woodshop will be centered on
Description: This course includes Arc and acetylene gas the hands-on application of woodworking skills, tool
welding, including theory and practical welding, oxy- identification, material selection, project layout and
acetylene cutting and metal preparation, and farm and construction. This course covers basic hand tool and
power equipment maintenance. There is also a review machine operations in the wood/carpentry shop. Shop
of the safe operation of hand and power tools. The class and machine safety and prioritized. Students will learn
provides advanced instruction in the repair and the operation of radial arm saws, jointer, table saw,
maintenance of machinery. A second year of this class band saw, jigsaw, drill press, sanders, lathe, hand tools,
will prepare students to construct large pieces of and portable power tools. Coursework consists of
machinery. Personalized individual projects are a required projects aimed at principles of construction,
major component of the course. This course may be joints, assembly, gluing, clamping, and finish; as well as
repeated for credit with instructor approval. the design and construction of the student’s own
project(s).

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